Respiratory System (2)

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Across
  1. 2. the location of the respiratory centres
  2. 3. a common condition in brachycephalic animals
  3. 4. receptors in the walls of bronchi/bronchioles, that detect prevent over-inflation of the lungs
  4. 7. the total volume of air in the lungs
  5. 8. high blood CO2 concentration
  6. 10. the maximum volume of air that can be forced out of the lungs
  7. 13. receptors that detect the levels of CO2 & O2 in the blood
  8. 17. the volume of air left in the lungs after forced expiration
  9. 20. inflammation of the nasal cavity
  10. 21. the process when the internal intercostal muscles contract
  11. 22. abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lungs
  12. 23. the failure to respond to a change in blood pH
  13. 24. the process when the external intercostal muscles contracts
  14. 25. the nerve which impulse travel along from the respiratory centres to the intercostal muscles
Down
  1. 1. the volume of air left in the lungs after a expiration
  2. 5. low blood O2 concentration
  3. 6. the term for blood containing CO2
  4. 9. the nerve which impulses travel along from the stretch receptors to the medulla
  5. 11. the nerve which impulses travel along from the inspiratory centre to the diaphragm
  6. 12. the reflex that prevents over-inflation of the lungs
  7. 14. the volume of air breathed in/out in a normal breath
  8. 15. how many alveoli are in each lung
  9. 16. the units used to measure respiratory rate
  10. 18. a haemorrhage of the nasal cavity
  11. 19. dead space the volume of air that doesn't reach the alveoli